Decoding of human hand actions to handle missing limbs in neuroprosthetics

• Published in: Frontiers in computational neuroscience Vol. 9; no. 27; p. 27
• Main Authors: Belić, Jovana J., Faisal, A. Aldo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 26.02.2015; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Bayesian analysis; Bayesian classifier; Behavior; finger movement; Hand; Hands; International conferences; Limbs; Mathematical models; motor control; Motor task performance; movement variability; neuroprosthetics; Neuroscience; neurotechnology; Principal components analysis; Prostheses; Prosthetics; Quality of life; Sensors; United Kingdom > UK; neurotechnology; neuroprosthetics; activities of daily living; movement variability; motor control; Bayesian classifier; finger movement

The only way we can interact with the world is through movements, and our primary interactions are via the hands, thus any loss of hand function has immediate impact on our quality of life. However, to date it has not been systematically assessed how coordination in the hand's joints affects ev...